L C. DOCTORS SEEK FULL INTEGRATION
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I \ BAKER ON VlSlT—lit*
teuiationaJb'-known singer, Jo
sephine Baker, emerges from j
New York's. IdlewUd Airport
»fier being detained twice bp. j
Sere being attainted to the t'.S. j
•in a visitor’s permit, '•he plans !
remamtntr in this country for |
two weeks. The actress-singer !
i;. nov. a French citizen. News
press Photo.)
South Revives “KICK”
To Fight Court Edict
ATLANTA Ga. A new or- ■
¥"■■■ xa•••..•a calling dse-f t v . e j
•' htte Brotherhood'. to operate >
s: a ntiigivts- group" in which ;
members will not wear robes, j
hoods »- r a.n.ft.yjn? emerged ;
a a- accessor to the South’s dU- i
handed Ki Klux Klan ip a meet* j
iag of representatives from the j
. . -tales in Atlanta, *•«- .
cently.
Ihe sponsors of the orga-n
--!-j.Ui>n promised U, "try vo
avoid kiliiiif. and violence”, '
a ccnrdin; to Bill Hendrix, of ;
Tallahassee. fin . < former
' grand dragon" of one of th«
Southern. klan groups,
bur new organization .intends ,
to try to educate people on the j
V;:al aspect:- oi segregation and i
r.or. •segregation,” he said, “ • .
We’ll try to organize all over the j
world. We will try to keep from ]
having any trouble in the South ;
a- a result of the Supreme Court j
ban on segregation."
According to Hendrix "close to i
50 persons from different sections *
v . ended the first meeting.” He j
*,.;d another meeting would be I
DENTAL MEET I
PLANNED HEBE |
The Old No rib State Dental 1
S rtety will hold Us Seventh An j
rmal Convention at Shaw Uni- |
vfi'.-ity, on no 32rid and 23rd. j
it w:'-' announced last week by
the president, Dr. Clifford B-
Jo r .e S . of Eltazbr-tb City. Citizens
n! ih>' cspitol city are planning
elaborate entertainment for the
eraaruzalion.
?ne : n:*-; will !»' heid on
the un:v< -sitv> West Campus.
Several well -known
:j!id iyift-1 will ho heal'd dur
ing the two-day sessions. Some of i
}:;•» ssibjevis exo< .-ted to ho dis
d see , follows: the use
n.” inasnotic farce? in prosthetic
o .ifijir.vi radioactive element?-
and x-'ay techniques of the fu
tu .:•■•i-vlies m operative. don
*v, a,id the origin of cancer of
the mouth and slides ivi!
:;?,tru*nt the lectures.
'■r' TI ”:’ I"-.‘.TfTUTF, - Pic- 11 inters’ and Missionaries who I 7-11 o» J*« East Campus of I Sfcaw University
tared abo vp. ».**• a c roup of i»li- ! attended the sessions hold .lunt I !
; ft J i,
TEACHERS IN
! NATURE CRIME ,
SENTENCED
CH AH LOTTE-—The final act in j
a bizarre drama that rocked the !
; city of Charlotte’s society about I
i two months ago when two well* |
j known men teachers were sighted |
c,Y police- in tire yiriveway of a
, bank 'n Ibo dark hours of the '
j night and were hauled into court, I
1 charged -vtin ; i rune ajmst tm- :
lure, began hero i’riday, when i
, K-nneih Diorra-nd ->rd Sam
Moore began servh ’ terms in ,
i the state penitenti.n'v.
The two men wore sentenc- j
ed in Charlotte last week,
frosr. the yiwklcnheric Coun
ty Superior Court inr their j
respective parts in. what the
.-•ourt termed a felony. Dia
mtmil drew from one to two
years, while Moore got from
two to three in the state jp.
-tttuiion.
NEOHOES URGED
!TO APPLY FOR !
! POSTAL JOBS
I
According to s recent release j
! from the United States Civil Ser- I
| vice Commission, applications are |
j now being received for examine- j
j tions leading to the appointment I
| to the positions of substitute !
I clerk, substitute carrier, special |
delivery messenger and fireman- i
j laborer. Persons interested, in ap- j
j plying for the above stated posi- i
' tions a r e requested to contact the !
j local post office.
EMPLOYMENT
! OPPORTUMTU S
j From the list of eligible* m this j
i examination, certification will be j
| made !o fill vacancies n. substs- !
! tute dark and substitute carrier (
positions and occasionally in reg- j
■O' rdirnvsi on nag eight
nt id soon to choose officers ana j
pi.-ir. t.-.s publication of a semi- j
i rt-on tally newt-pa pci to-tee called I
• The White Ser.tir.cl "
Persieov attending th<j orgaruzr- j
i-.r.ns! mcevtng v.-cre aU former
members of the. Ku Kkw Klan.
j Hendrix or.ee headed the "South
; ern Knights of the Ku Kiux
Klan," but stepped down tram
: the position when a federal jury
i convicted hint in 1952 of -ending
i defamatory materia) through the
j mail and he was fined and plac
| <sd on two years probation.
| The new organization is dedi
-1 cated to (he preservation, of seg
rtgafion by legal m< ans, accord
j ing to Hendrix.
Bagwell Victi
: Supreme Coi
According to Attorney Her
man 1,. Taylor, one «f the de- |
; fen.se counsels for Alfred
Scott who was convicted of
resisting arrest and acquitted
of the crime for which he was
j arrested, drunken driving, an
appeal has been filed with tfie
State Supreme Court and
trial is expected to take place
some time in the eariy fail
■Scott, 32. was the main figure j
;in the much -celebrated assault j
ease, in which he accused Chief j
Stun I- Bagwell of Apex of se* j
verely beating him up prior to j
his arrest, The assault which is j
alleged to have taken place on j
March 0, landed Scott m St. j
Agues Hospital for a period of |
one week. He suffered a black j
eye and other bruises.
The ilia! of Scott, which was
| held last week was marked by j
charges that Chief Bagwell used 1
excessive force in arres ing the ;
man
Judge Henry 1... Stevens of
Warsaw presided at the trial and :
sternly pronounced sentence in •
Wake County Superior Court as- I
ter the jury returned a verdict of I
not guilty on the charge of dr'v- j
NCMS Would Offer Great Advance
WINSTON-SALEM—The 67ih Amtual session, cl the ©!d
. North State Medical Society, which ended here June 1, vowed
to use aU the sources at its command to get hiU partkipatvjrt
| es doctors in all the recognized organizations in the state.
It is believed this will enable them to be recognized or. mem
bers of the profession and remove the barrier of segregation
that has hampftred them through the years due to their color.
The Carolinian
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Webster biaiea J.'cr mat
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GREENSBOHRO—N. C Webstar. 1
; ousted but sar of A and T Cul- 1
i *egc according to Solicitor .
I Charles Hagan, might be called :
Pi trial a: the Fall term of the
Guilford Superior Court, which
j will, open July 1.
| Hagan said Tuesday that the
\ long delayed trial was being giv- I
I <*'» much consideration and that !
: he would, in ail probability, dock- !
j .-r, it for trial, in the hope that !
: would reach in July or Aug- j
; ust,
| The case is more than one year j
! old and came to light after an j
I audit of the books of the college i
i and an alleged shortage of sll6.- ;
i 130.22 was found by auditors, j
Webster was arrested immediate
ly after the startling revelation !
and charged by the Guilford |
grand jury. 0 n May 11. 1953. on i
23 separate counts of embezzle- i
ment. The sums alleged to have |
been taken by- him range from J
$.23.746 87 to $lB3.
The revelation shocked rol
lege circles of the state.,, due
to the fact that Webster had
hefio recognized as one of the
most efficient trust officer*
anywhere. He i? well-known
im Plans
jrt Appeal ;
i mg drunk, but guilty of resisting
j arrest. An hour and 27 minutes
j whs required for the jury to
! reach its verdict.
The defense, in efforts to im
peach Bagwell as the prosecuting
witness, brought out the fact that
the chief has a lengthy record of
assault.
Attorney Taylor filed notice of :
i appeal to the State Supreme j
| Court and Judge Stevens set the ;
| appearance bond at SI,OOO and the
! appeal bond at $l5O After both
| bonds were put up by Luther
I Raines, a brother-in-law of Scott,
1 he fScott) was released.
Bagwell, who took the witness
| yiand Wednesday, testified that
| f<e hit Scott when the man refus
j i>d to surrender a knife which the
chief felt in his pocket. The knife
was never drawn by Scott how- j
ever, according to the testimony j
of br h the prosecution and de j
I .tense,
Scott told the court that he had
no previous court record
\ The foreman of the jury in*
• quired of Judge Stevens before
| retiring as t 0 whether the jury
could offer the court a recom
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and has been the symbol of
the local colic ;e fn. jl num
ber of years. He arr> -t caus
ed much comment tie is re
ported to have liv. a rather
lavishly ami his hotre i- re
puted to be one of the shn v
places of the cit'-
! Webster was relieved of h s
! duties at the college imroccjanMy
i following his arrest and is i
i directing some- of the other pro
j jects he is reported to he intet -
| ested in. He is alleged m be ; --
I owner'ol the Triangle Newsstand.
! located on Market Street and
I managed by his brother
The Guilford .- 1." ' r;M r
I say detmitely tba; * u ' is-’Uio
l be heard, but intimated i;vu o',:-
i tr, the age of the case ‘ ow.l-:'
I reach the two month calender.
| WHITE WK
By J, B. HARREN
Chairman Public Relatinos
N. C. Conference of NAACP
DURHAM Approx dely
2,000 people filled to overt' owing
j the spacious White Rock Bapm-i
I Church, Sunday, June 13th
. lucky 13th for the NAACP to
I hear and even get a peep at the
i -most, ta Iked-about, man in Dixie
j today (except, perhaps. Senator
I Joe McCarthy) as he Via I ter
Fiancis White, for 35 years excctt
i tive secretary of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People gave a rousing;
address on behalf of the North
Carolina Fighting Fund for Free
dom (4-F) drive headed by Floyd
R McKissick, young Bull r /
attorney, assisted by At* A! h
Johnson, president of the lhu r ••
NAACP.
$2600 tot .vis n
Following the pro,, i. ; h
■ included participation by -i
outstanding Durham!tvs. ml
ing Counctlmtm R. N Harr Dr.
M Mark ’Fisher, p-. ‘ '-n
host church, J S. Sn .v.nd the
White Rock Chun I.- Choir. Mr.-'.
Beatr'cp G Burnette. W .1 K n
(Continued on pn,':‘ < m'u
3 Doomed In
| OXFORD The robbery of '
j county store near Stovall last Fr
! day night has been traced to
three Negro men. two of wnom
have previous police records. The i
trio completed their night of I
crime with the armed robbery of i
a tourist.
Bud Jones, 28. John Junius
Gregory, 28. and Charlie Lewis, ,
If is ta few remembered that the North Carolina Medical
Society took under advisement the matter of admitting them
into its body a) its last meeting. Persons who are believed
to h ive explored the matter on a local level and to have
been favorably impressed with their Interviews got a set
back Tuesday in Greensboro, when it was announced that
the Guilford Medical Society, one o! the societies rumored to
i Continued cm page eight)
RKFUStOD BY SCHOOL Fivr Negro Mudents, with their attorney, are shown in the lobby of
Memphis State college, in Tennessee, where, they were recently turned away for attempting to enreii.
J. M. Smith, president of the all-white, school, said he h :>.t instructed college authorities not to r?h\i:.r
application forms to Negroes, or accept them. Smith said; "I believe we will eventually admit Negro, «;
in view of the Supreme court ruling, but my position will he, unctuuiged until the court act* further.’
iKewspeet-s Photo)
N. C. Divided On De-Se
Four distinct sections of North
; Caroluw have expressed differ
ent views as to their beliefs re
tarding the action that should be
- taken concerning the recent rul- |
ing of the United States Supreme ,
I 1 'ov t regarding dis-scgrogatioi* •
! in the schools
! Over in H h Point, at a recent |
m< of the Executive Council |
i I. the Diocese of North Carolina, j
j ihe Episcopal Church’s governing j
; body between conventions, has
adopted a resolution urging F.pis-
Confession
■ are the three men who have been
; charged with breaking, entering
; end larceny. Jones and Gregory [
i have prior criminal records, ac- I
| cording to a report by Sheriff
| Koy D. Jones.
The three men were arrested j
i after a white man, John Niesen j
I Sporup, of. Miami. Fla., reported j
j 6: IS a. m. Saturday that he j
; had been robbed of $l7O in cash j
i and rlathlnj ?'pTer. front iuh tar j
| in Stovall, ten mites north of i
j Oxford.
Sporup traveling north on
Highway IS. said that he hah
(Continued on page eight)
Martin Man Freed
In Rape On Niece
j WXLLi AMS TON William Au
j gustus Wiggins. 21. was freed by 1
j a grand jury here this week .on
j charges of having rnped his nine
: year old niece.
Wiggins was arrested on a war- j
! rant sworn out by the child * I
grandfather and his father after ;
the child claimed that she nr-j
been attacked by her uncle a•> j
May 231 h. The , weakness of the I
rase was first discovered when at- j
iention was called to the fact (hat
j she did not tell anyone a cm.!' it
| for a considerable time.
( copal members to accept "in the
j !
j Christian spirit of the brother
| hood of man,' the: decision of the
! United States Supreme Court on j
i segregation of schools.
The resolution also urges that :
i church members work toward !
‘an orderly transition into an in- i
j u.grated public school system in
i the Diocese of North Carolina, j
The council's action v an- :
Pounced at High Point Sunday, j
June 13. by the Rev. William P. j
Price, chairman of the Depart- !
•pent of Christian Social Rela- !
turns for the North Carolina L)..>- )
tese which sponsored the rcsolu- !
Port The action was taken 'Fn- i
day in Raleigh when the Execu
tive Council met in the office of j
! the Hi. Rev Edwin A. Pcnick, :
Bishop of the Diocese, who pre- ;
sided at the meeting
| The resolution follows:
"Whereas, the Supreme Court |
i of the United. States has recently j
1 rendered a decision declaring that, j
j segregation of pupiis in public ,
j schools solelty on (he hap- of -jjf *
| lerences in race is unconstitution- |
' and unlawful;”
i "Whereas, the Executive Coup- I
ci) of ihe Diocese of North Caro- j
lina believes that in these critical
limes of national and international
The defendant was taken into
custody Saturday and given a
hearing betore Justice Charles R.
Mobley, The testimony of the aJ
| luged victim was conflicting and
the trial justice held him on the |
i evidence riven upou the procure- i
men! of the warrant. He held the !
defendant for the action of the I
grand jury and when tne evi
i dened did not convince the jury
of his guilt, he was released.
The Sheriff of Martin County j
told the CAROLINIAN that the !
(Continued on page, eight)
| Omegas Honor Bishop
NO XXVI :
His ebeeUeney. the Meet Rev. .
trend Vincent S. Waters, DJD. !
Bishop of Raleigh, shown in
the above photograph receiving
i plaque front the Omega Fsi !
Phi f raternity, Inc., recently for j
"Distinguished and historic pro- j
eovnccmrnU and acts in the. i
Twin City Couple Dies
In Frantic Cry For Hein
WINSTON’-SALEM ~~ ”Pls*»se
someordy corns and help us."
Fie frantic words of Char’
Kimbpr. 2G. a-; be held the tremb
ling bodj of Miss Roxsttr.a Don
sgregation
tensions Christiana are constantly
oa! to bear witness to tile,:- ;
luith by applying il’.e prinrijiks I
of Christianity to iniporiant areas I
i.' human, relations \VV reque-st
that the Supreme Court ruling oq I
• cMrogation be accepted by at!
North Carolinians "
A statewide petition issued in
Wallace, however, was of a very t
different aspect. The petition, 1
urging continued segregation in i
the state'.-: public, schools seems to j
l e gaining wide support through- '
out the State
Raymond Price, spokesman for
» group of Wallace men who are
pushing the petition, said that the :
petitions ha ve been dish touted
Horn Atorehead City a Asheville
iContinued on page eight)
N. C. News In Brief
FOLK FACING “BOOZE” j
CHARGES
GREENVILLE Four men ]
were arrested here by Pitt. Coun
ty ABC officers over the week
end for alleged participation m
illegal liquor activities- Larry
Hat per, 40, arrested Saturday
after officers found a half-gallon
of bootleg whiskey in his 'Fish
Market at Fleming and Pamlico
Streets. He was cited to appear
in court along with George Spell,
42. who was arrested in the Beil j
Arthur section late Saturday. ,
Spell was arrested after officers '
found a half-gallon of non-tax
whiskey in his kitchen. Two other
persons arrested, both women,
were freed under bond of S2OO.
They are Ardenia McCain, 20, 405
Bonner Lane, and Lena Perkins,
42, of Greene Street. A half-gal
lon of bootleg liquor was found
under the Perkins woman’s bed.
Officers making the raids were
J. M. Ward, H. B. Lilly. Glynn
Perkins and Elymer Haddock.
CLINTON NAMES FIRST
NEGRO COPS
CLINTON Following unan
imous approval of the Board of
i case of Christian brotherhood
am! social progress.'’ Pictured
with his Excellency Deft to
right; are F-Hvirt L Patterson,
chairman; i. Alston Atkins and
I Charles J. r rrker, all of Win
-1 ston-Salem where the award,
was made
<» *
'. on U> it. rut ri :■:■ \ia f : r.
~■ ' .1 i.~ i- ' •./)■ .■■.< iey-’.:rc. but
a s'-i/tli'd boat owner, .Mr.-. Mir
shall Styevs, could only lot's or>
v. :sh nit . • v ;td the. young
couple Soil the- ; r i:vc lS ,
The double b; came ai
»»• the ,iui hid pro.ti'ect that s»te
i could not swim and was tit king
i :>nr life to go into the pond. She
I reported hen fears many times
j and it was only after her boy
• [fiend insisted that, she deride to
j take the tatsi. roe.
The Elkin Rescue Squad recoV*
. -to Kimber’s body about 7:15 p.
n;. 200 yards from slice. The girl s
body had not been found at 10:15
p. m.
M-■: Ma-shall Siy t' - who oper
a r a tie e at *' r p-md. said the
couple rti'uvf up to the pond ill a
rev "bout 2.30 p. m nod rented
.. . . y. v .-.-. - . i ,1
• little iquemr =h .• bout fishing and
quoted I't-r *.•> • f could
not swim and 7T site was risking
her life hr siting in the boat Sue
i sani (timber replied that she ".as
! just a.- u : i> in me bra' as in an
automobile
iCoe.t rued on ’ ' eight I
SEOREGATiON
! IS IMMORAL
SAToMARSHALL
GRINN LLiL. L >va - “Ccmpul
mo v racial segregation is me. - . not
only unlawful and immoral,"'’:t is
downright un-American" Thur
good Marshall, Director-Counsel
of the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund. Inc-, told the
graduating clases at Grinned Col
! ic.de. today, "it is costly and dam
aging to the nation's prestige.’'
In order to eliminate the so
tailed "raci problem' in this
• country Marshall said ’’Americans
; min t recog ll he and grant every
other American the right to stand
! on his own individual merit wxth
' out regard to race, creed, color
, or rattal origin.’’
Mai hall. \v ;o led the fight
j against segregation in public
i schools which resulted in tile re
-1 <ent .Supreme Court decisions, de
! ;iv ered the commencement ad
-oi:'g6.g 6. at Grinnoll- lie received a
' Doctor of l.aws degree and be--
i came Ihc first Negro to receive
an honorary degree from this
institution.
: The Legal Defense Chief told
' the young graduates that, some
graduating this sea on will re
iContinued on page eight>
I Commissioners, two Negro of
i iicers have been appointed to the
! Clinton Police Deparment, accord
ing to a recent announcement by
Chief E. L. Crummie- The officers,
James Lee Faison and Zack Wil
liam Landils, the first Negroes to
serve on the Clinton force will
assume their duties on July 1. the
police chief said. Faison, a na
tive of Goldsboro, is 20 years old,
married and a veteran of Arrry
service. He is a Fayetteville State
| Teachers College graduate. L*»n-
I riis, who was born in Creedmcor,
is 25 years of age and also attend
ed, Fayetteville State for two
years. He is a graduate of the
American Detective School at
New York
ATTENDS COLLEGE FINALS
Mrs. P. B Freeman has just re
turned from a short vacation in
Baltimore, Md , and Washing', m.
D. C She visited her daughter,
Mrs. Herniia S. Rogers and fami
ly. in Baltimore. Mrs. Freeman
also attended the graduation ex
ercises of her daughter-in-law.
Mrs Irene p. Schmoke, who re
ceived her B. S. Degree in psy.
(Continued on page eight)